As the Federation returns to the Delta Quadrant eight years after the the USS Voyager destroyed the Borg unicomplex and a key transwarp hub, the crew of the USS Tesseract -- the fleet's largest and most advanced ship -- has no idea what they'll find there.

Just as they launch their seven-year mission, they stumble across a mystery that will soon unfold into an opportunity -- or a nightmare of epic proportions. Loyalties are tested, political intrigue abounds, and the Tesseract's ex-Borg first officer will finally seize control of his own destiny ... and perhaps that of the entire quadrant.

After defeating the Dominion and ending the threat of the Borg, the member worlds of the United Federation of Planets may well have hoped to finally find peace. After the dramatic destruction of Romulus, though, chaos seems destined to wrack the Alpha and Beta Quadrants for the forseeable future.

As both the Romulan and Klingon Empires draw ever closer to total collapse, a single man escapes from one of Starfleet’s few high security prisons and gathers a group of mismatched thieves, hackers and conmen to pull off the coup of the century: steal from Section 31 itself…

The players:

The Mastermind

Jules: A mysterious man with a shadowy past, his motivations for wanting to steal from Section 31 are as shaded as his knowledge of covert operations.

The Grifters

Eloria: A Kriosian empathic metamorph with a genetic fault that prevents her from imprinting a final mate, she has found her place in the galaxy as a high-class escort… and a formidable con artist.

Laezar: A Chameloid male serving a term in a Klingon prison, he has links to Section 31 and may hold the key to deciphering their final goal.

The Muscle

Ki’mel: A female half-Romulan, half-Klingon, she is a descendant of the Carraya IV settlement, trained in the fighting ways of many Alpha and Beta Quadrant races.

The Thief

Tag: A young Ferengi male with no lobes for business but a talent for pickpocketing and elaborate theft.

The Hacker

Elim Dejar: A former operative of the Obsidian Order with a few financial problems and a very angry bounty hunter on his trail.

Sometimes at their best, sometimes at their worst, sometimes dealing justice, sometimes being dealt it, and sometimes just a very small slice of life. In 100 words, we see the denizens of the Star Trek multiverse living their lives.

Summary: Three weeks after the catastrophic events at the end of Volume I, the crew of the USS Redemption must try and put the pieces back together, and prepare for their mission to the Laurentine Hegemony.

Meanwhile, tensions mount back on Earth as the President drags his heels and his staff attempt to find a solution to avoid the all-out war the Federation can ill afford.

Summary:Earth is in shambles at the end of a devastating nuclear war, World War III. With the environment poisoned and millions dead, the population gathers in vast, enclosed hubs to recover. Ex-Marines and war veterans Jack Sledge and Cedric Henderson intend not just to survive but thrive in this post-apocalyptic environment, aided by their trusty cargo shuttle, the Molly Magee, and a motley crew of ambitious survivors.

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